Defn: The ichneumon.
NENIA
Ne"ni*a, n. Etym: [L. nenia, naenia.]
Defn: A funeral song; an elegy.
NENUPHAR Nen"u*phar, n. Etym: [F. nénufar: cf. Sp. nenúfar, It. nenufár; all fr. Per. nil.] (Bot.)
Defn: The great white water lily of Europe; the Nymphæa alba.
NEO-
Ne"o- (. Etym: [Gr. New.]
Defn: A prefix meaning new, recent, late; and in chemistry designating specifically that variety of metameric hydrocarbons which, when the name was applied, had been recently classified, and in which at least one carbon atom in connected directly with four other carbon atoms; — contrasted with normal and iso-; as, neopentane; the neoparaffins. Also used adjectively.
NEOCARIDA
Ne`o*car"i*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the
Merostomata.
NEOCENE
Ne"o*cene, a. Etym: [Neo- + Gr. (Geol.)